Need break
I am completely burnt out and am thinking of taking a break for 3-4 months. I am currently M1 and just hit 4yr cliff as well. If I try to interview with Uber/Google/Msft, is there a big risk in them down leveling me or reducing comp? I am a bit of a paranoid personality with low confidence currently due to being depressed (I think) TC: 220k base/20% bonus/200k RSU
I have thought if this. I think the most important thing is to figure out what you want to do for those 3-4 months before taking the time off. If you do it unplanned, you may end up sleeping off that time, which is not bad but if you want to do something else like travel, practice a hobby etc., figure it out first and then take a break. If you are afraid of down leveling, get an offer from them and give a joining date 3-4 months out.
Good idea and have thought of this one but got such low motivation currently. I do intend to travel and focus on my health
I’m sure Uber would love to have you, half the company is ex FB/G. I don’t think EM1 has equivalent TC though, you may have to look at EM2 positions (5b equivalent)
So you are E5? How bad is facebook work life balance? I am interviewing with them. Sorry to hear you are burnt out.
M1. There are lot of teams with potentially decent WLB
What do you mean OP
M1 at FB is feeling burnt out. what about the E6s? 🤔
Ha ha ...I slogged to make up for my weaknesses and not enjoying the cross collaboration opportunities
I took 10 months off last year to recover from surgery, travel, rest, and recharge. Admittedly I probably wasted a great deal of time watching Netflix and playing video games but that was fun. My advice here would be to have a concrete plan of things you want to do. I spent the last 2 months studying and interviewing. While it was easier to schedule my onsite interviews back to back in an attempt to get overlapping offers and more negotiation leverage, the fact that I was currently unemployed seemed to backfire with exploding offers from each company (48-72 hours at LinkedIn, Uber, Lyft). If you’re currently employed while interviewing it’s easier to tell a company that you still have interviews lined up for the coming weeks or even months since you have to schedule them on PTO.
I've done this multiple times over my career and I find the best way to do this is to find another job and push back the start date for 3-4 months so you can quit and use that time to recover, travel etc. You don't think about work during those months since you cleanly break from your prior job and can start fresh with the new one. You sacrifice a little income but it's very worth it to me and I've never even had the second income to fall back on.
What's your base
220k
What is your rent